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Pavel Brǎila on Representing Moldova at the 61st Venice Biennale

Pavel Brǎila is representing Moldova at the 61st Venice Biennale with an installation titled "Echoes of Harmony and Silent Cries" (2026), featuring flying carpets that fill the pavilion space at Santa Veneranda. In an interview with ArtReview, Brǎila explains that the work was driven by the constant presence of war in the news—Ukraine, Israel and Gaza, and other conflicts—and evolved into a sound installation as the propellers of the carpets created a minor-key resonance. He describes his first visit to the Biennale 25 years ago as a festive art festival, but now sees the platform as a crucial opportunity to represent his country's voice and express his urgent feelings about the world.

Raphael: Sublime Poetry

This article announces the first comprehensive U.S. exhibition on Raphael, titled "Raphael: Sublime Poetry," which offers an immersive look at the artist's meteoric career through drawings, paintings, prints, and tapestries. It traces Raphael's journey from his birth in Urbino in 1483, through his training under his poet-painter father Giovanni Santi and later Pietro Perugino, to his rise as a peer to Leonardo and Michelangelo in Florence and his final decade as the favorite artist of the popes in Rome, where he was celebrated as the "prince of painters."